China launches test satellite for satellite internet technologies

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Dec. 30, 2023. The satellite was launched at 8:13 a.m. (Beijing Time), and successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

JIUQUAN, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- China on Saturday launched a test satellite for satellite internet technologies from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.

The satellite was launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 8:13 a.m. (Beijing Time), and successfully entered its preset orbit.

It was the 505th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Dec. 30, 2023. The satellite was launched at 8:13 a.m. (Beijing Time), and successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Dec. 30, 2023. The satellite was launched at 8:13 a.m. (Beijing Time), and successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Dec. 30, 2023. The satellite was launched at 8:13 a.m. (Beijing Time), and successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying a test satellite for satellite internet technologies blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Dec. 30, 2023. The satellite was launched at 8:13 a.m. (Beijing Time), and successfully entered its preset orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)